ap human chapter 4 power of place

7/30/2019 AP Human Chapter 4 Power of Place

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Opening Statement:

Think of the rough topography of human

health as thisgood health areas as

mountains, and poor health areas as valleys


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What is human health?

The overall public health administration; research

and education, categorical health programs,treatment and immunization clinics, nursing,environmental health activities such as air andwater pollution control, and ambulance service ifprovided

The health of an area is based on naturalenvironment, cultural tradition, race/ethnicity,

genetic predisposition and more.


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UN Development Goals

Reduction of child mortality

Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger

Defeat of major diseases (HIV/AIDS)


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AIDS AND HIV

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, as

known as AIDS, is a disease in which there is a

severe loss of the body's cellular immunity,

greatly lowering the resistance to infection

and malignancy

HIV/AIDS has killed more than 25 million

people over the past 3 decades, mostly inSub-Saharan Africa


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Why is AIDS/HIV more prevalent more

in some areas than others?

Low elevations and low latitudes have more

variety of vectors than higher attitudes

This creates an imbalance in the global

disease concentration, creating mortal danger

to locals in tropical Africa, South and

Southeast Asia and other equatorial areas


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Malaria

A parasitic disease thatinvolves high fevers,

shaking chills, flu-like

symptoms, and anemia. Affects lowland tropical

Africa, South and

Southeast Asia and other

equatorial areas


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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine thatcauses a large amount of watery diarrhea.

Contaminated water supplies are the main sourceof cholera infection, although raw shellfish,

uncooked fruits and vegetables, and other foods There are various factors that contribute to the

dirtiness of the water in the periphery. The twomain factors are lack of cleaning facilities and lackof water transport. As there are no pipes (due tomoney factors), the only way to get water isstraight from a well. This, in turn, creates dirtywater.


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Malnutrition

The condition that occurs when your body

does not get enough nutrients.

Social factors that can contribute to

malnutrition include:

living alone and being socially isolated

limited knowledge about nutrition or cooking

reduced mobility

low income or poverty


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IN CONCLUSION:This unequal distribution of health-damagingexperiences is not in any sense a natural

phenomenon but is the result of a toxic

combination of poor social policies, unfair

economic arrangements [where the already

well-off and healthy become even richer and

the poor who are already more likely to be ill

become even poorer], and bad politics.

-The World Health Organization

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